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Civil Liberties • Civil Rights • Crime and Punishment • Education • LAPD • LAUSD • Race • Race & Justice • School to Prison Pipeline • Trauma

CA’s Poorer Students Lose Weeks of Instruction…LAUSD Fires Lawyer Who Blamed 14-yr-old for Sex With Teacher….Kids, Trauma & Schools…and LAPD Braces for Ferguson Decision

November 19, 2014

STUDY FINDS CA’S LOW INCOME HIGH SCHOOLS LOSE 25 DAYS OF INSTRUCTION A YEAR Teachers in...

2014 Election • Education • Elections • Jim McDonnell • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Prison Policy • Reentry • Sentencing

Election Night Snapshot

November 5, 2014

IT’S MCDONNELL, OFFICIALLY, FINALLY Brand new LA County Sheriff-elect Jim McDonnell took the...

2014 Election • Education • LA County Board of Supervisors • Paul Tanaka

Recommended Reading as We Head into Nov. 4 Elections: Education, Attorney General, County Supervisor, and Sheriff

November 3, 2014

CRUCIAL STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION RACE ROUNDUP California’s race for...

Board of Supervisors • Courts • Education • Elections • Jim McDonnell • LA County Jail • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Realignment • School to Prison Pipeline • Sheriff Lee Baca • U.S. Attorney • Youth at Risk • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

André Birotte Gets Robed Up….Brown Foes Say Realignment Causes Crime But Stats Say Otherwise….When Mental Disabilities Lead to Harsh School Discipline….& PPOA McDonnell Interview, Part 2….

October 28, 2014

ANDRÉ BIROTTE SWORN IN AS FEDERAL JUDGE By 4 p.m. on Friday night, courtroom 650 at the Edward R...

Civil Rights • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • Education • Future of Journalism • Innocence • Race • Race & Class • School to Prison Pipeline • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Attorney Fights for Justice and Mercy…When Arrests by Police Replace School Discipline….Analyzing Crime Reporting in America

October 21, 2014

The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on...

Education • Innocence • LAUSD • Prison Policy • Prosecutors • Sentencing

Judge Slams State With Restraining Order Over Jefferson High’s Scheduling Mess…Powerful Prosecutors…and More

October 9, 2014

Alameda County Superior Court Judge George Hernandez Jr. has taken a good look at the mess that is...